lapalissade
French
Etymology
From the name of Jacques de la Palisse, a French military officer. His epitaph reads Ci gît Monſieur de la Palice: s'il n'était pas mort, il ferait encore envie (“Here lies the lord of La Palice: if he weren't dead, he would still be envied”). However, it was misread (accidentally or intentionally) as the truism ...il ſerait encore en vie (“...he would still be alive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.pa.li.sad/
Further reading
- “lapalissade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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